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Letters Patent lNo. 77,508, dated Maly 5, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N HARNESS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY ,CONCERN:

.Be it known thatVWe,'ADAM-McMULLEN and JOHN H. ROC1'C,of Sterling, inthe county 'of Whitesdes, and.

in the State'of Illinois, have. invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Closed Homes-Tug and Breast- -Collar and do herebydecla-re that the following is a full` clear, and ex act descriptionthereof, reference being,` had to the accompanying drawingsand totheletters of" reference markedrthcreo'n. 'y

In the ,annexed drawings, making'part of this specification,A-'represents c breast-collar which is made closed infront, and which ispadded in the usual manner.,l This collar is provided with the usualneck-straps G and'J for supporting it.' C represents a brace, which ismade of sheet metal, and coveredw'ith leather. This brace has a holethrough it at euchcnd, by means of which itis riveted to the collar A.

B B represent hames-tugs, and D D neck-yoke tugs,`whch hames-tugs areprovided internally with plates of meta-l, intvhichffa-n eye is formed,through which they are riveted to thecollar A.- Land Lrepresentlargevheaded rivets, which pass through the ends of the brace C, andthrough the tugs B und D, to confine Ehem to the-collar. These riv'ets.make u. ,veryfstrong end permanent attachment, and at the -simc timeact. as pivots upon which the tugs'turnto accommodate themselves to themotion ofthe Whittle-tree, or to itshheight,l and also to the motion andheight of the-neck-yoke P Preprescntrings, which are securedintheforwardendsl ofthe tugs D D.

F represents a strap which lies in front nf the collar LA, und whichconnects the two rings P P, This strap F receives and supports the'strapfrom the neck-yoke or the vehicle-pole.

H H represent straps whichfiastcn' at one end into the ring-s PIP, andat their'other ends into rings which are secured to that portionofheneck-strap marked GQ y These straps H support the neck-yoke'pole,through tugs D and strap F, independently of the breast-yoke.

Itvwiil be seen that bymeans of the arrangement herein described,.wefareenabled to make light breast-strap harness answer for double teams as.Well as single, and that the tugsV are enabled to accommodatethemselves to the variousmovements ofthe 'whietrees and neck-yoke orpole of the vehicle. y

The tugs B D, .brace C, straps H and F, and"collar A, when thc variouspartsiare connected together and operating in the manner as ,herein setforth.

In testmonythat we claim the foregoing, zive have hereunto set ourhands, this 12th'duy of Fehruary, 1868. I

ADAM McMULLEN, JOHNl H. ROCK.

Witnesses:

0; S.'GINK1NGE R, HENRY H. HOOVER.

